QATAR: TWO ASIAN MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EMPLOYER

10 January 2019 :

A Doha Criminal Court on 2 January 2019 sentenced two Asian men to death for the premeditated murder of their employer, and a third man to six months in jail for being aware of the crime and not reporting it. Local Arabic daily Arrayah reported that the two main convicts used to work for the victim and had conspired to steal his money and flee after killing him. One week before the crime, the two convicts finalised the plan, including to steal their IDs and passports kept by the victim.

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